most points in a game in the 1980s by a small forward under 48 points

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, 10 players were tied for the most points by a small forward in a game with fewer than 48 points, with 47 points. The first three are Chris Mullin on April 13, 1989, Chuck Person on January 31, 1989 and Dominique Wilkins on February 27, 1988 and on December 9, 1984.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game in the 1980s by a small forward under 48 points

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	47	4/13/1989	GSW	@	LAC	44	7	4	4	1	16	25	64.0	0	0		15	15	100.0	74.4	0	7	5	2
2	Chuck Person C. Person	47	1/31/1989	IND	@	NYK	43	5	3	2	0	18	30	60.0	2	6	33.3	9	10	90.0	68.3	3	2	2	4
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47	2/27/1988	ATL	vs	POR	44	2	7	1	0	16	33	48.5	3	3	100.0	12	14	85.7	60.0	1	1	4	1
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	11/7/1987	BOS	@	WAS	53	8	7	2	0	19	29	65.5	1	2	50.0	8	10	80.0	70.4	2	6	8	2
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	4/12/1987	BOS	vs	NYK	38	7	8	4	0	22	34	64.7	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	64.9	4	3	2	3
6	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	47	3/14/1986	UTA	vs	SAS	39	3	8	2	0	20	26	76.9	0	2	0.0	7	10	70.0	77.3	0	3	4	4
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	2/14/1986	BOS	@	POR	49	14	11	1	2	21	34	61.8	3	3	100.0	2	3	66.7	66.5	3	11	8	1
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	11/27/1985	BOS	vs	DET	39	12	2	2	0	17	31	54.8	0	0		13	13	100.0	64.0	5	7	3	3
9	Alex English A. English	47	10/25/1985	DEN	@	GSW	39	5	3	1	1	16	31	51.6	0	0		15	18	83.3	60.4	2	3	3	4
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	4/12/1985	BOS	vs	MIL	38	14	2	1	3	15	31	48.4	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	61.1	4	10	4	4
11	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47	12/9/1984	ATL	@	BOS	41	2	1	1	1	18	31	58.1	0	0		11	13	84.6	64.0	1	1	2	2
12	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	47	10/27/1984	POR	@	KCK	38	4	1	0	1	19	23	82.6	0	0		9	9	100.0	87.2	1	3	2	1
13	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	47	2/19/1984	SAS	vs	DET	48	7	0	0	2	20	30	66.7	0	0		7	7	100.0	71.0	1	6	0	4
14	Purvis Short P. Short	47	2/18/1984	GSW	vs	WAS	41	4	6	2	0	15	25	60.0	1	3	33.3	16	18	88.9	71.4	1	3	4	3
15	Alex English A. English	47	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	50	12	7	0	1	18	30	60.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	65.8	4	8	0	4
16	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	47	11/25/1983	UTA	vs	DEN	40	8	6	0	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		27	31	87.1	79.3	4	4	4	2
17	John Drew J. Drew	47	12/27/1980	ATL	vs	BOS	41	6	3		0	18	32	56.3	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	63.8				5
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	47	2/5/1980	UTA	vs	CHI	44	8	4	1	0	15	23	65.2	0	0		17	17	100.0	77.1	3	5	4	1
19	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	46	12/19/1987	ATL	vs	UTA	48	7	3	4	1	19	34	55.9	0	2	0.0	8	10	80.0	59.9	4	3	7	4
20	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	46	2/10/1987	ATL	@	SEA	42	12	2	2	0	13	25	52.0	0	1	0.0	20	22	90.9	66.3	6	6	2	1
21	Alex English A. English	46	1/24/1987	DEN	vs	MIL	40	4	10	0	1	19	25	76.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	79.4	1	3	0	2
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	46	4/4/1986	ATL	@	WAS	46	9	3	1	1	20	39	51.3	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	54.1	7	2	2	2
23	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	46	3/1/1985	DAL	vs	DEN	41	8	9	0	1	17	25	68.0	1	3	33.3	11	13	84.6	74.9	4	4	3	3
24	Purvis Short P. Short	46	2/17/1985	GSW	vs	WAS	50	8	2	1	0	16	27	59.3	0	1	0.0	14	16	87.5	67.6	2	6	3	1
25	Bernard King B. King	46	2/13/1985	NYK	@	PHI	41	10	2	2	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		14	23	60.9	62.0	4	6	3	6